Dolan, Brian P. and Haugh, Kevin P. (1997) A covariant approach to Ashtekar's canonical gravity. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 14 (2). p. 477. ISSN 0264-9381

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Abstract

A Lorentz and general coordinate covariant form of canonical gravity, using Ashtekar's variables, is investigated. A covariant treatment due to Crnkovic and Witten is used, in which a point in phase space represents a solution of the equations of motion and a symplectic functional 2-form is constructed, which is Lorentz and general coordinate invariant. The subtleties and difficulties due to the complex nature of Ashtekar's variables are addressed and resolved.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	covariant approach; Ashtekar's variables; canonical gravity;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Mathematical Physics
Item ID:	10500
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/14/2/020
Depositing User:	Dr. Brian Dolan
Date Deposited:	18 Feb 2019 15:37
Journal or Publication Title:	Classical and Quantum Gravity
Publisher:	Institute of Physics
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	https://iopscience.iop.org
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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